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1601340

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to bring forward changes to the Youth Mobility Scheme criteria for Australian nationals to widen the ages eligible to apply.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	158878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK and Australia signed a side letter on mobility in December 2021 alongside the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement, setting out commitments on their respective Youth Mobility Scheme and Working Holiday Maker programmes.</p><p>The UK and Australia will make changes to these schemes so that they are available to people aged 18 to 35 years for a total stay of up to 3 years. Australia will also remove the requirement for UK nationals on their programme to undertake specific types of work.</p><p>Both sides agreed to implement these changes within two years of entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement and will jointly decide on a date for these commitments to come into effect.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/03/2023 16:47:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1600719

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to biometric residence permits which were printed in the weeks commencing (a) 30 January 2023 and (b) 6 February 2023, what the average time taken was (i) from an immigration decision being made to a production request being submitted, (ii) from a production request being submitted to the permit being printed and (iii) from the permit being printed to the permit being received by the applicant.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	156938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The waiting times for biometric residence permits (BRP) are dictated by the BRP production and delivery processes. Regarding the individual production time of each BRP from the time a decision is made, the information is not available publicly and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost<strong>.</strong></p><p>We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision. BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the production request being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of production request being made to delivery of the BRP. We have added an additional 2 working days to the timeline advised to applicants to allow us to resolve any production issues.</p><p>Since 1st April 2022, DVLA have produced all BRPs within 48 hours of the production request, with 97.7% being produced within 24 hours. Since 1st April 2022, our delivery partner attempted to deliver over 99% of BRPs within 48 hours, and delivered over 75% of BRPs successfully on first delivery attempt.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/03/2023 17:05:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1582334

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Departments, how many Afghan citizens have been resettled in the UK since August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	136513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The latest operational data, effective at Friday 4 November 2022, shows that, since August 2021, the UK has issued a grant of Leave to Remain to 12,296 individuals who are eligible for resettlement or relocation under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) or Afghan Relocation &amp; Assistance Policy (ARAP)</p><p>More information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:04:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1582072

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the most recent year for which data is available, how many visas have been refused for applicants who have subsequently been approved for a visa.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	135239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold published data on the number of refused applications that have subsequently been approved a visa. The Home Office does publish data relating to those coming to the UK, extending their stay, gaining citizenship, applying for asylum which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022" target="_blank">Immigration statistics, year ending September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2023 17:56:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1535753

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 62757 on Members: Correspondence, for what reason the percentage of hon. Members written correspondence completed within his Department's service standard timescales reduced from 61 per cent in Q4 2021 to 30 per cent in Q2 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	71018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of Hon. Member’s written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by an unprecedented increase in MPs queries following the Afghan evacuation, Ukraine crisis and HM Passport Office application surge.</p><p>We now have an operational plan to fully recover our position and I will shortly be writing to all Members setting these plans in more detail including timescales for delivery.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 71019 question first answered 28/10/2022 11:13:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1535754

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 62757 on Members: Correspondence, when his Department expects to meet its Q4 2019 response rate of completing 98 per cent. of hon. Members' correspondence received in a Quarter within service standard timescale.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	71019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of Hon. Member’s written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by an unprecedented increase in MPs queries following the Afghan evacuation, Ukraine crisis and HM Passport Office application surge.</p><p>We now have an operational plan to fully recover our position and I will shortly be writing to all Members setting these plans in more detail including timescales for delivery.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 71018 question first answered 28/10/2022 11:13:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1524725

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process her Department has put in place for integrated care systems to take responsibility for specialised commissioning services; what role NHS England will have for specialised commissioning in the future; and what the (a) process and (b) timeline will be for the transition.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	67880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England are currently determining which specialised services could benefit from being delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs). By April 2023, we expect that some ICBs will have responsibility for delegated commissioning for some specialised services, subject to system and service readiness. NHS England will retain overall accountability for specialised services which are delegated to ICBs to ensure that all standards are maintained.</p><p>The decision to move some services under direct management of ICBs will be taken where it is advantageous for these services to be overseen locally. This will allow ICBs to work with service providers to deliver care to meets the needs of the community.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 16:48:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029433

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The department regularly reprioritises work in line with its changing priorities as part of its dynamic and flexible resourcing model. Many staff will work both on EU Exit and other priorities. Because of this it is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the number of civil servants involved solely in contingency planning for ‘No Deal’, at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/01/2019 14:23:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029445

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury’s priority is for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union with a negotiated deal. The department is, however, working with Cabinet Office to co-ordinate its contingency planning in the case of a ‘No Deal’, as well as running its own internal resourcing and workplan reviews in case of this outcome.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2019 10:46:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma